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The Catholic Church in Spain supported Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War and afterwards established a close relationship with the Spanish state, with many Catholic priests serving in the government. After the Second Vatican Council, relations between Church and State started to deteriorate, especially during the reign of Pope Paul VI. [7]
The Catholic Church in Spain has a long history, starting in the 1st century. It is the largest religion in Spain, with 58.6% of Spaniards identifying as Catholic. [1]
The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, [a] otherwise known as Sagrada Família, is a church under construction in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. Designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), in 2005 his work on Sagrada Família was ...
The Palmarian Church [1] (Spanish: Iglesia Palmariana), officially registered as the Palmarian Christian Church and also known as the Palmarian Catholic Church, is a Christian church with an episcopal see in El Palmar de Troya, Andalusia, Spain.
The diocesan system of the Catholic church government in Spain consists mainly of a nearly entirely Latin hierarchy of 69 territorial (arch-)dioceses: fourteen ecclesiastical provinces , each headed by a metropolitan archbishop (one of which, Toledo, uses the Mozarabic rite ), have a total of 55 suffragan dioceses .
This is a list of cathedrals in Spain, as established by the Spanish Episcopal Conference. [1] It includes all 87 currently active cathedrals and co-cathedrals. All of these temples are Roman Catholic, and cathedrals of other Christian denominations are listed separately below. Some former Roman Catholic cathedrals are also listed separately.
Spain’s first official probe of sex abuse by clergy members or other people connected to the Catholic Church in the country included a survey that indicated that the number of victims could run ...
Seville Cathedral was the site of the baptism of Infante Juan of Aragon in 1478, only son of the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. Its royal chapel holds the remains of the city's conqueror, Ferdinand III of Castile , his son and heir, Alfonso the Wise , and their descendant, King Peter the Cruel .